Re: explode() - quick question

In article <sc8fcf34.018@cis27.hosts.jhmi.edu>, pschwar@jhmi.edu says... > Im trying to take this string, "hello", and explode it into an array > with each cell in the array containing one character. > > $array[0] = 'h' > $array[1] = 'e' > etc.. > > How does this work? When is use... > > $character = explode('', $string) or.... > $character = explode($string) > > ...it doesn't seem to work. ANY HELP!?!? THANKS!! > You don't need to do that if you just want to reference a particular position in the string. Each character in a string variable can be referenced as though the variable is an array of characters. Try: <?php $mystring = "hello"; echo $mystring[0]; // outputs h echo $mystring[4]; outputs o ?> -- David Robley Temporary Kiwi! Quod subigo farinam